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At least one person was killed and three others were injured when two armed men attacked a playground at Alizai area of Lower Kurram on Wednesday.
Officials confirmed that two attackers, wearing explosives, tried to storm a school playground. But Levies officials guarding the ground opened fire at them. The exchange of fire continued for sometime before the attackers were killed, at which point their explosives detonated.
The officials and eyewitnesses said a suicide bomber attacked people in a playground inside Government High School Alizai, lower Kurram Agency shortly before Maghrib prayers.
“It is a terrorist attack and the target was a football match,” a political administration official said.
“Terrorists opened fire at the players and spectators in the football ground,” the official added.
A Levies official shot the attacker as he started firing at players and spectators in the playground.
Eyewitnesses added that two explosions followed the firing.
Officials said that Siraj Hussain, a dispenser in Alizai Hospital, had been identified as the victim.
The injured were shifted to Civil Hospital Alizai. Doctors at the hospital said the injured were in critical condition.
Alizai is considered the second biggest town in Lower Kurram Agency and is a Shia-dominant area which has seen sectarian unrest.
The officials said that all four victims, including the deceased, belonged to the Shia community.
So far no one has claimed responsibility for the attack though officials suspect the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan could be behind it.
One killed as 'terrorists' target football match in Kurram - The Express Tribune
Officials confirmed that two attackers, wearing explosives, tried to storm a school playground. But Levies officials guarding the ground opened fire at them. The exchange of fire continued for sometime before the attackers were killed, at which point their explosives detonated.
The officials and eyewitnesses said a suicide bomber attacked people in a playground inside Government High School Alizai, lower Kurram Agency shortly before Maghrib prayers.
“It is a terrorist attack and the target was a football match,” a political administration official said.
“Terrorists opened fire at the players and spectators in the football ground,” the official added.
A Levies official shot the attacker as he started firing at players and spectators in the playground.
Eyewitnesses added that two explosions followed the firing.
Officials said that Siraj Hussain, a dispenser in Alizai Hospital, had been identified as the victim.
The injured were shifted to Civil Hospital Alizai. Doctors at the hospital said the injured were in critical condition.
Alizai is considered the second biggest town in Lower Kurram Agency and is a Shia-dominant area which has seen sectarian unrest.
The officials said that all four victims, including the deceased, belonged to the Shia community.
So far no one has claimed responsibility for the attack though officials suspect the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan could be behind it.
One killed as 'terrorists' target football match in Kurram - The Express Tribune
